President,
Program Director & Co-Founder, Jill Ratner
Ms.
Ratner is an attorney specializing in environmental
and financial law. She serves as the President,
General Counsel, and Program Director of the
Rose Foundation and directs the Project for
Energy, Labor and the Environment. Before co-founding
the Foundation in 1992, Ms. Ratner organized
a multi-cultural recycling advocacy coalition
in the Los Angeles area, effectively moving
the City of Los Angeles to implement a curbside
recycling program, and previously was an associate
at the Los Angeles law firm Irell & Manella.
She is a member of the Advisory Council of the
Foundation Partnership for Corporate Responsibility,
and the California Coalition for Investor Responsibility.
Former appointments include the Los Angeles
City Environmental Quality Commission, LA City
Solid Waste Advisory Board, and the Boards of
Communities for a Better Environment and Californians
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Kevin
Hendrick, Vice President
Director, Del Norte County
Solid Waste Management Authority
Mr. Hendrick is founder and president of the Democratic
Club of Del Norte County and treasurer of the Redwood Economic
Development Institute. He was formerly the Wisconsin cirector
for Citizens for a Better Environment in Wisconsin.
Ina Bendich
Excel Academy at McClymonds Learning Complex
Ms Bendich
is the Director of the Law and Government
Program at Excel Academy, a public college preparatory school
located in West Oakland at the McClymonds Learning Complex. As Academy Director,
Ms. Bendich is constantly on the lookout for opportunities
for her students to learn about the world beyond their neighborhoods
and take on leadership roles at school and in the community.
Before leaving the private sector in 2001, Ms. Bendich worked
to mentor young people through the Back On Track Tutorial
program. She is a graduate of the New College School of Law.
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Michelle
Chan-Fishel, Treasurer
Friends of the Earth
Ms.
Chan-Fishel coordinates the Friends of the Earth's "Green
Investments" Project, which brings environmental advocacy
to Wall Street by promoting fuller and more accurate corporate
environmental disclosure and working with financial institutions
to develop environmental policies and procedures. She serves
as the chair for the Corporate Sunshine Working Group and
is on the board of the Council for Responsible Public Investment.
Ellen Hauskens
Partner, Iarussi, Gelhaus & Hauskens, CPA
Ms. Hauskens is a member of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, and the California Society of Certified
Public Accountants. She has acted as a Special Master to help
run a variety of family businesses during dissolution proceedings,
and is recognized as an expert witness in her field by the
Superior Courts of both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Kathryn Knight, Secretary
Major Gifts Officer, Earthjustice
Ms. Knight is a nonprofit fundraising professional who has spent the past twenty plus years helping raise money for groups across a broad swath of the environmental movement. Beside working for Earthjustice, she has worked with Earth Island Institute, Communities for a Better Environment, Californians Against Waste and others.
David Michelfelder
Field Representative,
California Nurses Association
Mr. Michelfelder has been a field representative, business
agent, and negotiator for unions representing California's
health care, service workers, and public sector employees
for over 10 years.
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